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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...election of Marshals was conducted under the following rule: "Every voter shall voter for three candidates for marshals, indicating his preference for First Marshal. Of the three elected, that candidate receiving the highest number of votes for First Marshall shall be declared First Marshal; of the other two elected, that one whose total vote is higher shall be Second Marshal, and the other one the Third Marshal...
...system of preferential voting to be used is as follows: The ballot is divided into four columns; in the first column will be the list of prominent candidates alphabetically arranged, with party designations indicated; in the second column the voter will indicate his first choice by marking a cross (X) after the name of the candidate he favors most; in the third he will indicate his second preference in a similar manner; in the fourth he will indicate his third choice. Votes cast for fictitious or impossible candidates will not be counted...
...watchers at the polls have been assigned the following duties: Men after whose names the letter (A) appears will hand out the ballots and give the name of the voter to the checker; (B) will check off the voter's name from the list of the members of the University; (C) will drop the ballot...
...ballot shall be printed alphabetically the names of all candidates nominated as provided for under Section 5 of Article III. A voter shall place a number, designating his order of preference, after the name of each nominee, and if any name is not marked on a ballot, that ballot shall be invalid. If any nominee shall receive a majority of first choices, he shall be declared elected; if no nominee receives such a majority, the second choices shall be added to the first and if any nominee shall have a majority of first and second choices added together, he shall...
...negative in their rebuttals showed how ineffective the initiative and the referendum are in the eight states that have them. In these states they have never been used for reforms. It was pointed out how foolish it was to think of each voter pondering over a ballot of over four feet in length, filled with bills printed in small type and giving each careful thought before casting his ballot